Quotes by Abraham Lincoln about responsibility

8.) “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” – Abraham Lincoln

9.) “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

Quotes by Abraham Lincoln about life and success

10.) “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

11.) “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln

12.) “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln

Quotes by Abraham Lincoln about doing your best

13.) “I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.” – Abraham Lincoln

14.) “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” – Abraham Lincoln

15.) “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” – Abraham Lincoln

Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes about failure

16.) “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” – Abraham Lincoln

17.) “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

18.) “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Leadership and Being a Man

23.) “I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.” – Abraham Lincoln

Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes about success

24.) “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln

25.) “Everybody likes a compliment.” – Abraham Lincoln

26.) “Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.” – Abraham Lincoln

30.) “If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.” – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quotes about pride

31.) “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” – Abraham Lincoln

32.) “When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.” – Abraham Lincoln

33.) “Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.” – Abraham Lincoln

34.) “I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” – Abraham Lincoln

35.) “You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln

40.) “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quotes and Sayings to Help You Be a Better Person

41.) “Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

42.) “Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.” – Abraham Lincoln

43.) “A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.” – Abraham Lincoln

44.) “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.” – Abraham Lincoln

45.) “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” – Abraham Lincoln

46.) “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” – Abraham Lincoln

47.) “Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.” – Abraham Lincoln

48.) “I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.” – Abraham Lincoln

49.) “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – Abraham Lincoln

50.) “In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement.” – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln quotes on education and wisdom

51.) “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” – Abraham Lincoln

52.) “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

53.) “Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln

54.) “A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet.” – Abraham Lincoln

55.) “Mr. Clay’s education, to the end of his life, was comparatively limited. I say “to the end of his life,” because I have understood that, from time to time, he added something to his education during the greater part of his whole life. Mr. Clay’s lack of a more perfect early education, however, it may be regretted generally, teaches at least one profitable lesson; it teaches that in this country, one can scarcely be so poor, but that, if he will, he can acquire sufficient education to get through the world respectably.” – Abraham Lincoln

56.) “A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.” – Abraham Lincoln

Other memorable Abraham Lincoln quotes

57.) “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar” ― Abraham Lincoln

58.) “Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me” ― Abraham Lincoln

59.) “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”- Abraham Lincoln

60.) “No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.” – Abraham Lincoln

Which of these Abraham Lincoln quotes was your favorite?

For those unfamiliar with his life story, it might be difficult to believe at first that there were times when Abraham Lincoln almost gave up. But it’s true. He had a tough childhood, and also faced sorrow later in his adult life when three of his four children died. Still, despite it all, he let time heal his wounds and proceeded to be successful in life.